What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1987
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 6.26° S, 106.76° E
- Description
- train crash in Indonesia
- Deaths
- 139
1987 Bintaro train crash
Train crash in Indonesia
On 19 October 1987, two trains collided in Pondok Betung urban village, Bintaro, South Jakarta, Indonesia. Two passenger trains collided, causing 139 fatalities, making it Indonesia's worst railway crash to this day, known as the Bintaro Tragedy I.
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